PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Warwick Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mario Gomez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Davis
vs
Gomez

150 cm
27
167 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

186 cm
21
176 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Vitality

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Warwick Davis!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mario Gomez!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Eddie Farnsworth and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomez thows a leg kick but Davis checks it
and Davis counters with a nice low kick that buckles Gomez's knee momentarily.
Mario Gomez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davis is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Davis throws a hook but Gomez blocks it.
Davis throws a leg kick but Gomez moved away.
Gomez throws the left hand but Davis avoids the punch easily.
Gomez blocks the body kick.
Gomez swings widly with a right hand
and Davis counters with an inside leg kick.
Davis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Davis does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Davis looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Davis works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Davis moves away from the strike by Gomez.
Davis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Davis throws a quick inside leg kick.
Davis attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good leg kick by Davis there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Gomez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Davis misses with a kick to the body.
Gomez just misses with a punch to the body.
A big left from Gomez misses.
Jab by Gomez.
Davis throws a chopping leg kick but Gomez manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Gomez throws a hook but Davis blocks it.
Davis with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Horrible takedown by Gomez or perhaps it was just good defense by Davis which made him look bad.
Davis pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gomez is out of range and Davis settles back down.
Gomez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Davis.
Gomez throws a body punch but Davis moves out of range.
Warwick Davis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gomez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Davis moves away.
Davis closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Gomez counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez looks to land a left hand but Davis moved out of range nicely.
Davis misses with a leg kick.
Gomez throws a jab when Davis was well out of range.
Gomez connects with a good right hand that stumbles Davis. Davis circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Gomez is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Davis looks to land a body kick but Gomez moved away.
Davis throws a head kick but Gomez moves out of range.
Davis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Davis walks into a straight right hand from Gomez.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gomez misses with a hook. Davis ducked under it nicely.
Jab by Davis.
Davis doesn't manage to clinch there - Gomez circles away.
Gomez might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Davis throws a shot from downtown. Gomez moves away and avoids it.
Good work by Gomez as he checks the leg kick.
Davis tried to score with a low kick but Gomez checks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gomez looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Davis looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Davis tries to clinch up.
Gomez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Davis throws a leg kick but Gomez sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Gomez fails to land with a series of punches.
Gomez looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gomez throws a jab when Davis was well out of range.
Davis clobbers Gomez with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Gomez punishes Davis's body with a nice straight punch.
Gomez takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Davis throws out a leg kick but Gomez moves out of range and Davis only half commits.
Davis buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gomez looks to score with a jab to the body but Davis is just out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Gomez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gomez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gomez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Davis's sensitive parts.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gomez darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gomez misses with a looping right.
Gomez misses with a wild combination.
Davis tries to move into range but Gomez moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Gomez checks the leg kick.
Davis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gomez.
Gomez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gomez misses with an uppercut. Davis saw that one coming.
Davis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gomez.
Davis connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Gomez is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Davis had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Gomez shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Davis eats them both and turns towards Gomez to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Warwick Davis will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Good work by Gomez as he checks the leg kick.
Davis lands with a shot to the body.
Davis tries to work over Gomez's front leg with a kick but Gomez checks it.
Gomez scores with a jab to the head.
Gomez looks to land a left hand but Davis moved out of range nicely.
Gomez checks the leg kick.
Warwick Davis is winning the standup battle so far.
Davis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gomez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gomez misses with a hook.
Davis wants to land a leg kick but Gomez is out of range.
Gomez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Davis's sensitive parts.
Gomez misses the shot to the body.
Gomez throws the left hand but Davis avoids the punch easily.
Davis scores with a leg kick.
Gomez throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Gomez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Davis.
A looping hook to the body misses from Davis. Gomez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gomez keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Davis lands a glancing blow to the side of Gomez's head.
Gomez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Davis stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gomez misses the jab.
Davis throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A jab from Gomez finds it's way through Davis's defenses.

Davis has managed to clinch.
Gomez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gomez is leaning against Davis and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gomez looking to throw knees to the head but Davis is blocking nicely.
Davis prevents a body shot from Gomez.
Davis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez blocks an uppercut.
Gomez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Davis creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gomez's defenses.
Gomez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gomez lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gomez lands with a left to the head.

Gomez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gomez fails to land with a series of punches.
Gomez just misses with a punch to the body.
Davis looks for the body kick but Gomez saw that one coming.
Gomez tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Davis cracks the inside of Gomez's front leg.
Gomez keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gomez checks a leg kick nicely.
Gomez throws a nice looking combination but Davis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A low kick from Davis is predictable there
and Gomez counters with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis throws a looping overhand right but Gomez ducks down to avoid it.
Davis tries to clinch up but Gomez circles away and keeps his distance.
Davis connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Davis tries to clinch up.
Davis slips a straight right by Gomez.
An inside leg kick lands from Davis.
Gomez lands a head shot.
Davis throws a body kick that misses.
Davis feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gomez's calf.
Gomez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Gomez misses with a two punch combination.

Gomez closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Gomez lands an elbow.
Gomez working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomez throwing shots but missing, from side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Davis is trying to get back to half guard.
Davis controls the position for a moment.
Gomez looking to control but instead Davis has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Davis is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gomez prevents Davis from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Warwick Davis will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Davis lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gomez throws a looping overhand right but Davis ducks down to avoid it.
Davis connects with a leg kick. Gomez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Davis fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gomez checks it well.
Gomez keeps the fight on the outside.
Davis throws a push kick but Gomez slaps the foot to one side.
Gomez bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A jab lands there for Davis.
Gomez connects with a nice looking jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Davis. That's going to slow Gomez down.
Gomez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Davis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gomez swings for the body but Davis moves out of range.
Gomez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Davis lands a leg kick that knocks Gomez off balance momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis lands with a right hand.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Gomez, as that shot connected.
Davis shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gomez takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Gomez avoids a kick to the body.
Davis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gomez throws a shot from downtown. Davis moves away and avoids it.

Gomez feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Davis looking to control.
Gomez wants to control from the top but Davis keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gomez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Davis works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Davis avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Davis working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gomez.
Davis might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Gomez trying to control the position from guard on top but Davis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Davis looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gomez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Gomez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Davis works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Davis pulls Gomez in close to prevent any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gomez is looking to work some ground and pound but Davis has wrist control.
Warwick Davis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez throws a strike but Davis rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Davis trying to stand up but can't free himself from Gomez's guard.

Gomez is looking for a triangle but Davis pushes his legs off easily.

Gomez has his foot on Davis's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Davis works his way back into a safe position though.

Davis gets to his feet - Gomez follows without any prompting.
Gomez throws a combination that misses
and Davis counters with an inside leg kick.
Gomez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gomez cracks Davis with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomez fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Davis has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Davis swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Gomez loads up on a big right hand but Davis slips the punch.
Davis looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Gomez lands a jab to the head.
Gomez scores with a hook to the body. Davis takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Gomez loads up on a big right hand but Davis slips the punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Davis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mario Gomez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gomez looks to throw the jab but Davis is out of range.
Davis moves forwards but Gomez connects with a nice, crisp jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Davis misses with a low kick.
Gomez takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
That kick from Davis tenderised Gomez's leg. Gomez is trying to keep his angry face on.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mario Gomez.
I think Davis has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 29:29
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:29
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 28:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!
Warwick Davis retains his title. It's always disappointing when a championship fight ends as a draw but that's what happens when you leave the fight in the judges hands!